I was in hong kong and i decided to go too one of the islands and i seen loads of different ant species only got these pics taken tho of 1 species they where on a tree and there was 10 of thousands of other tiny ant species with them .
i did pick them up also and didnt even bite me
I dont know species they are shined gold and looked like a Polyrhachis species and i got some funny looks as i was around that tree a good hour
heres the pics id like too share -
http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt13/JARTOK/DSCF0562.jpg
http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt13/JARTOK/DSCF0561.jpg
http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt13/JARTOK/DSCF0558.jpg
http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt13/JARTOK/DSCF0556.jpg
http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt13/JARTOK/DSCF0555.jpg
http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt13/JARTOK/DSCF0554.jpg
http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt13/JARTOK/DSCF0553.jpg
http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt13/JARTOK/DSCF0552.jpg
http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt13/JARTOK/DSCF0550.jpg
http://i593.photobucket.com/albums/tt13/JARTOK/DSCF0547.jpg
It is a Polyrhachis species for sure but I don´t have a clue what species it is.
Post your pictures on this forum; http://www.hkwildlife.net/forumdisplay.php?fid=78&filter=type&typeid=144
It is a Asian one but the most of the users can speak English. It is a forum about the Wildlife of Hong Kong so they probably will be able to help you.